"Collect scrap metal! Twenty cents per pound of iron!"
“You get what you get!”
"Do you have any iron at home? We accept iron pots, iron rods, iron knives and all kinds of iron tools. The price is negotiable!"
....
It only took two or three hours to collect a few mills, and the three brothers Yuchi Baoqi collected a cart full of iron!
The second eldest child, Yu Chi Baoqi, looked at the iron on the car and said: "Brother, third brother, it's almost dawn, let's go back first."
The third lieutenant, Chi Baohuan, quickly asked: "Second brother, we have just collected a cart of iron. Is it enough to make a few iron pots? Let's collect more. We have lost more in horse racing recently, and we can make up for it by earning more."
Lower losses.”
The boss, Yuchi Baolin, kicked the third child, "You are stupid, why do we go out to collect iron in the middle of the night? Isn't it just to avoid being discovered? When daybreak, if others know that we are collecting iron, we will inevitably follow suit.
By then it will be difficult for us to collect iron."
The second eldest child, Yu Chi Baolin, nodded, "Brother is right. If you want to collect more, just come back tomorrow night. Go back today."
"I understand!" The third brother, Chi Baohuan, nodded repeatedly and continued to ask: "Eldest brother, second brother, you think we are sharing your majesty's worries by helping him kill the Turks with iron pots!"
"haha of course!"
"There should really be more things like this that can make money and serve the court!"
With that said, the three brothers took their servants and drove the cart to the Duke's Mansion of E Kingdom!
But halfway through, he was stopped by the patrolling Jinwu Guards.
The captain who led the team naturally recognized Yuchi Baolin!
Yuchi Baolin is now also serving as a captain in the Zuowu Guards of the Sixteenth Guards. In terms of official rank, the two belong to the same rank. However, Yuchi Baolin has a father who is a prince of the country. How dare he offend the captain of the Jinwu Guard's inspection!
Seeing the car full of ironware, he asked, "Colonel Yuchi, what are you going to use this iron for?"
Yuchi Baolin said with a smile: "My father thought the pots at home were too small and planned to make a few new ones, so he asked the three of us brothers to come out and collect some ironware."
The Jinwu Guards Inspector nodded, recorded the record, and then let him go!
After Yuchi Baolin thanked her, she took her two younger brothers, servants and a cart of iron back home!
Looking at the backs of Yuchi Baolin and others leaving, the patrol captain couldn't help but smacked his tongue slightly, "It's really strange today. Is the Duke's family so short of iron pots? Not only the four young masters from the Lu State's family are collecting iron, but the three from the E State's family are also collecting iron.
The young master is also collecting iron, and he is doing it in the middle of the night, across Zhuque Street, one to the east and one to the west, haha, it is really strange!"
The other Jinwu Guard soldiers who were patrolling also saw a load of iron just now!
At this moment, everyone started talking.
"Collecting so much iron is enough to make dozens of iron pots!"
"Are they really using it to make iron pots? Maybe they were using it to make weapons!"
"Hiss~ You can't talk nonsense! Making weapons privately will cost you your brain!"
"Gong Lu, Duke E is a member of the emperor. No matter what, he will definitely not rebel!"
"It can't be that both the princes want to make money by selling iron pots, haha!"
"How much money can you make selling iron pots? Do you think everyone is as poor as you? But you are really awesome for thinking of this!"
The patrolling captain waved his hand to signal his subordinates to stop talking nonsense, and then started a new round of patrolling.
After the three brothers Yuchi and Baolin returned to the Duke of E's mansion, they didn't pause at all. They immediately went to their forging room, pulled all the blacksmiths in the family out of bed, and asked them to make iron pots.
"You three gentlemen, you woke us up in the middle of the night just to make... an iron pot?"
Several blacksmiths looked at the various iron tools in front of them and fell into deep thought.
"If you are asked to do it, do it quickly. Once it is built, the benefits will be yours!"
The third child, Yu Chi Baohuan, said excitedly.
"We take the order!"
Naturally, it was the master's request, and the blacksmiths did not dare to disobey. They quickly lit the stove and started working in full swing!
"That's right, just make it like this!"
"Not bad, the iron pot made is exactly the same as the one my dad brought back!"
"Your Majesty will definitely buy it at a high price. One iron pot uses half a catty of iron. The inventory in the house plus what we have recovered will be at least five hundred catties of iron. To make a thousand pots, the price will be at least one hundred cents a piece. Count on that.
It’s one hundred thousand copper coins, which is one hundred thousand coins!”
"If we collect it for a few more days, Wan Guan won't be able to get it, but Qian Guan will be fine, hahaha!"
"To celebrate our brother's huge fortune in advance, let's have a drink together!"
"Dad seems to have hidden a few more Lang Guanqing, let's go and steal them?"
"Punch! Whoever loses gets to go!"
.....
Early the next morning.
Yu Chigong woke up from bed. Because he drank too much and drank too much yesterday, his head still hurts.
Seeing that the two ladies were still sleeping, he didn't want to wake them up.
After all, I spent most of the night with the two ladies yesterday under the influence of alcohol. I think they must be very tired, so I'd better let them rest for a while.
Yuchi Gong held his waist with one hand and his head with the other as he walked out of the room.
Ding dong...ding dong....
There were bursts of sounds of forging iron.
"Huh???" Yu Chigong said with some confusion: "What's going on? Someone is blacksmithing so early in the morning?"
With that said, he walked towards the forging room.
Arriving at the forging room, Yuchi Gong first saw the forgers who were busy making iron pots, and then saw the three brothers Yuchi Baolin lying on the ground in the rest area of the forging room. All three brothers were drunk at this time, especially
The third youngest, Chi Baohuan, was still holding an empty wine jar, shouting "drink", "cheers" and "get rich".
In an instant, Yu Chigong understood!
These three brothers must have noticed the business opportunities after hearing about His Majesty's iron pot business last night, so they began to summon the blacksmiths in the house to make iron pots, hoping to take advantage of the imperial court's purchase of iron pots.
Make a lot of money!
Then he drank the wine that he had treasured for many years!
Thinking of this, Yuchi Gong suddenly became furious!
He picked up the fire stick next to him and beat these three traitors violently!
At this moment, the housekeeper of the house hurried in from outside and gasped:
"Master, it's not good!"
"Right now, there are rumors outside that our three young masters from the Duke of E's Palace and the four young masters from the Duke's Palace of Lu were buying ironware from door to door in Chang'an City last night. They are going to start a war with the Turks!!!"
Yuchi Gong was stunned for a moment.
"What!!"
The sale of iron pots! Your Majesty gave you many instructions yesterday to keep it a secret. Whether it is building a mutual market or selling iron pots, it must be carried out secretly, and it will not officially start until the prince is selected to send an envoy to the Turks. But now...